Comments on: Are you Killing or Creating Comment Conversation?

By: Patrick Vuleta - Lawfully Green

Patrick Vuleta - Lawfully Green — Mon, 18 May 2009 09:52:07 +0000

I think some nasty commenting is due to the famous anonymity of the internet.

Which is why I think having personal photos as gravatars can help.

Of course, some privacy is still good… which is why you now get a picture of me in sunglasses.

By: Jack

Jack — Fri, 15 May 2009 19:51:44 +0000

Well done. I think that in the online world many people forget to use the same sort of courtesy that they would in person. And as someone else said without verbal clues it is much easier to misunderstand comments made by another. Sometimes no offense was meant, but due to the challenges presented by this format it was taken. Jack´s last blog post...Bloggers Are Arrogant- The Genesis of a Blog

By: Mlinzi

Mlinzi — Thu, 14 May 2009 15:49:29 +0000

Commenting is a tricky affair. You can’t tell grown men and women what to say unless you are spoiling for a fight. For me commenting on the spur of the moment has at times resulted in remarks that I was not entirely happy with the following day. Now, like Deb, I have a comment policy and I stay pretty on the positive side…otherwise I ‘d rather keep mum, it’s not an offense!

Some entertainment once in a while is too tempting though.

By: Omar

Omar — Tue, 12 May 2009 23:52:10 +0000

Good article. I never considered the effects of posting comments. You bring up some good points. Nice article. Omar´s last blog post...Devil must live!

By: Brett Legree

Brett Legree — Sun, 10 May 2009 20:27:03 +0000

@James,

Exactly – it is important to remember that the person on the other end was probably smiling when he or she wrote a comment, you can’t see the sly grin behind the words, but if you pretend it is there, everything goes a lot better.

(sly grin)

Brett Legree´s last blog post…genetics.

By: Janice Cartier

Janice Cartier — Sun, 10 May 2009 16:24:48 +0000

the artist smiles...that look gets him every time...;-) Janice Cartier´s last blog post...Playing At The Edges

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By: Deb Ng

Deb Ng — Sun, 10 May 2009 14:15:53 +0000

I have a comment policy clearly stating what is and what isn't acceptable. I'm pretty easy going unless commentators spam or attack someone. What bugs me is when I delete a comment because it was rude or vulgar and I receive cries of "censorship!" Um...I'm not the government? I think many folks want to disagree but lack the skills required to do so intelligently so they result to snark (and yes, many women are worse than men. There. I admit it.), name calling and personal attack. For the record, I love a spirited discussion, it's rudeness I can't tolerate. Deb Ng´s last blog post...What Do You Want to Discuss Most About Freelance Writing?

By: Alex Fayle | Someday Syndrome

Alex Fayle | Someday Syndrome — Sun, 10 May 2009 09:20:29 +0000

I find commenting very tricky. I'm very much a one-on-one or one-to-many type so many-to-many situations tire and overwhelm me. And I think that comes through in my blog where I get fewer comments than on other blogs. I used to worry about it, but now I realize that each blog has its own flavour and lots of or a lack of comments doesn't say anything about the quality of the blog (for example there are sites with lots of comments that I just don't get in any way or form, and some that I read and love to pieces but never contribute a comment to). I think the good side of few comments includes the lack of flaming and nastiness. As for leaving comments, I usually respond to the blog not to the other comments because the latter is part of the many-to-many thing that I find tiring, whereas responding to the blog post itself is a part of the one-to-one thing that energizes me. Alex Fayle | Someday Syndrome´s last blog post...The Origins of Someday Syndrome

By: Samar

Samar — Sun, 10 May 2009 06:15:08 +0000

What’s scary is that now we have services like backtype.com. A potential client can just type in the email address or web address and all the comments you’ve made come up.

Of course, I landed a gig by referring the client to my backtype account

Samar´s last blog post…6 Occupational health hazards of freelancing